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Jam now available on Desktop

Spotify is bringing Jam to the desktop app! 拾 ️ Now you can start or join a listening party with your friends, family, colleagues, and classmates, with the Spotify desktop app in addition to the mobile app. Although you can listen on your own, Jam in...

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New "Now Playing View" sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new "Now Playing View" sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player to go along with the recently released "Your Library" sidebar. The Now Playing View in the right sidebar shows the album art and info of the current song or pod...

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New Your Library sidebar

Spotify is introducing a new Your Library sidebar in the desktop app and Web Player. The new Your Library sidebar is rolling out to all desktop users now, so you will be seeing it soon if you haven't already. The new Your Library sidebar improves nav...

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Solved!! Spotify free: Music stops on MAC

Edited: Thank you very much everyone for helping! Finally I managed to correct the error and the steps are those that DerpyNerd offered and highlighted as a solution. Hi! I have a MacBook Pro, and for a week now I have a problem with the desktop app....

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[Mac] Troubleshooting Spotify

Having trouble with Spotify on your Desktop app? Here’s what to try first. Search the Community Someone might have asked your question on the Community before. So type your issue into the search box and have a look. Tip: Don't forget to check our Spo...

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Spotify not syncing songs on my mac

PlanPremium CountryIndia DeviceMacbook pro, early 2015 Operating SystemMacos 10.14.4 Mojave I am having this peculiar problem where songs that I save on my android phone aren't syncing to my mac; and even when I manually search that specific song and...

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  •   Plan Premium   Country India   Device Macbook pro, early 2015   Operating System Macos 10.14.4 Mojave     I am having this peculiar problem where songs t...
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Daily Mix Change?

Plan: Premium FamilyCountry: US Device: iMac Late 2013Operating System: Mojave 10.14.3 Was there a change in how the Daily Mixes are built? Yesterday I had the usual continuous play with more loading as you listen, today they're all only 50 or so son...

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  • Plan: Premium Family Country: US   Device: iMac Late 2013 Operating System: Mojave 10.14.3   Was there a change in how the Daily Mixes are built? Yesterday I had the usual contin...
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friend list not working

My friend list that shows what people are listening too just stopped working, any ideas? I have logged out and in and reinstalled. Thanks!

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  • My friend list that shows what people are listening too just stopped working, any ideas? I have logged out and in and reinstalled. Thanks!
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Cannot install Spotify

PlanPremiumCountry DeviceMacbook pro 2012 modelOperating System(MacOS Mojave 10.14.3) My Question or IssueCannot install Spotify after deleting the previous version, I cleared the cache and Application support folder -> Spotify. Even after that the i...

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  • Plan Premium Country   Device Macbook pro 2012 model Operating System (MacOS Mojave 10.14.3)   My Question or Issue Cannot install Spotify after deleting the previous version, I c...
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Radio Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down missing

Plan: PremiumCountry: UKDevice: iMacOperating System: macOS 10.14.3 My Question or IssueThe thumbs up/thumbs down is missing from my Song Radio stations. I've tried reinstalling Spotify (including removing cache and support files) but they're still m...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: UK Device: iMac Operating System: macOS 10.14.3   My Question or Issue The thumbs up/thumbs down is missing from my Song Radio stations. &n...
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Playlist is missing most songs on my phone

PlanPremiumUSAiPhone 7, current iOS Some of my playlists that appear on my desktop Mac are only partially showing up on my iPhone. One playlist has 298 songs, but only 2 songs appear on my phone's Spotify. I chatted with customer support and they wer...

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  • Plan Premium USA iPhone 7, current iOS   Some of my playlists that appear on my desktop Mac are only partially showing up on my iPhone. One playlist has 298 songs, but only 2 songs appear o...
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Podcast not "finishing" when done listening to them -

PlanPremiumCountryUSA Device(IMac 2013)Operating System(High Sierra) My Question or IssueSo I like to keep my podcast filter to "unplayed" for obvious reasons. But for some reason certain podcasts, like modern love, won't clear out. I've tried everyt...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA   Device (IMac 2013) Operating System (High Sierra)   My Question or Issue So I like to keep my podcast filter to "unplayed"  for obvious re...
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How do I make a playlist of all the songs I've liked?

How do I make a playlist of all the songs i've LIKED - NOT all songs in my library - but only those I've liked by clicking the heart icon? tia PremiumMac desktop

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  • How do I make a playlist of all the songs i've LIKED - NOT all songs in my library - but only those I've liked by clicking the heart icon? tia   Premium Mac desktop
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Lost albums and artists on multiple platforms

PlanStudent plan/premium CountryUSA DeviceCellphone, Windows Desktop, Mac Laptop, Web player Operating SystemGoogle pixel 2, Windows 10, iOS Mojave My Question or IssueSo I found multiple people with similar issues but none of their solutions worked ...

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  • Plan Student plan/premium   Country USA   Device Cellphone, Windows Desktop, Mac Laptop, Web player   Operating System Google pixel 2, Windows 10, iOS Mojave   My Ques...
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Figuring out the name of the user having contributed to a playlist

PlanFree/PremiumCountrySwedenDeviceMacbook Pro 2015)Operating System(iOS 10)My Question or IssueHi, this is regarding a user no longer active but formerly a contributor (no longer a premium or a free user, well perhaps you are a free user "forever" f...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country Sweden Device Macbook Pro 2015) Operating System (iOS 10) My Question or Issue Hi, this is regarding a user no longer active but formerly a contributor (no longer a...
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Spotify makes my mac go slowly

PlanFree/PremiumCountrySpainDeviceMac mini 2014) i5 2.6ghzOperating SystemOS X 10.3 My Question or Issue When I open the spotify app in my mac mini, it make my OS goes slowly (all programs performance down, my cursor hangs, audio interruption...) and...

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  • Plan Free/Premium Country Spain Device Mac mini 2014)  i5 2.6ghz Operating System OS X 10.3   My Question or Issue   When I open the spotify app in my mac mini, it make my O...
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Some songs won't play

Macbook air, high sierra 10.13.6 I am on a Free plan however some songs even though they are listed as available and not greyed out are unable to be played. I looked up this issue and they said the solution was to download the application again fresh...

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  • Macbook air, high sierra 10.13.6   I am on a Free plan however some songs even though they are listed as available and not greyed out are unable to be played. I looked up this issue and they s...
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how to sync downloaded spotify tracks to an old ipod?

Hi, I am trying to sync some download Spotify songs I have to an old ipod. I am Spotify premium and i'm using spotify on mac desktop. I never see a section called "devices" show up on the left of Spotify like people said it would. Let me know if you ...

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  • Hi, I am trying to sync some download Spotify songs I have to an old ipod. I am Spotify premium and i'm using spotify on mac desktop. I never see a section called "devices" show up on the left of Spo...
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Sometimes Songs will start at random points

I've had this happen on multiple Mac Computers. I've attached a screen recording of it happening.

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  • I've had this happen on multiple Mac Computers.    I've attached a screen recording of it happening. 
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Solved!! Spotify Error 126 in Mac

PlanPremiumCountryMexico DeviceMacbookProOperating SystemMojave My Question or IssueSince some months ago I used Spotify on my Mac whitout any problem.However, since some days ago I can`t acces my account in my Mac.When I try to login an error appear...

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  • Plan Premium Country Mexico   Device MacbookPro Operating System Mojave   My Question or Issue Since some months ago I used Spotify on my Mac whitout any problem. However, since...
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Spotify Connect Broken: Randomly Pausing (Yamaha AVR, Gramofon, Panasonic, Samsung and others...)

Edited 8 May 2018 (original post below). On ~3rd May Spotify Connect started randomly pausing (in my case on Yamaha hardware) on a range of devices - rendering their Spotify capbility unusuable. We've since established that this is a problem affectin...

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  • Edited 8 May 2018 (original post below).   On ~3rd May Spotify Connect started randomly pausing (in my case on Yamaha hardware) on a range of devices - rendering their Spotify capbility unusua...
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Poor sound quality for particular artists

Plan: PremiumCountry: USADevice: Macbook Pro Retina 2016Operating System: OSxSong: This is the thing by Fink This and a few other songs by the same artist seem to have incredibly compressed sound when compared to other services. Other songs seem fine...

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  • Plan: Premium Country: USA Device: Macbook Pro Retina 2016 Operating System: OSx Song: This  is the thing by Fink   This and a few other songs by the same artist seem t...
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How to Re-arrange Playlist Order

Previously one could re-arrange the order of the actual playlists by accessing the desktop version of Spotify and dragging the playlists in the side bar to the left. However, with the recent change to the desktop interface (at least on a Mac) the sid...

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  • Previously one could re-arrange the order of the actual playlists by accessing the desktop version of Spotify and dragging the playlists in the side bar to the left. However, with the recent change t...
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Search Bar

PlanPremiumCountry UK Device( Macbook Pro late 2016)Operating System(mojave) On the desktop app on my mac, the search bar has gone missing. I now have to click search to reach this. Has this been removed recently?

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  • Plan Premium Country UK   Device ( Macbook Pro late 2016) Operating System (mojave)   On the desktop app on my mac, the search bar has gone missing. I now have to click search to r...
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Stream SAME song at SAME time on TWO desktops in SAME house

PlanPremiumCountryUSADeviceMacbook, Macbook ProOperating SystemLatest OS My Question or IssueI am hosting a party. I do not have wireless bluetooth speakers. However, I do have speakers that I regularly plug into with an AUX cable. I want to play the...

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  •   Plan Premium Country USA Device Macbook, Macbook Pro Operating System Latest OS   My Question or Issue I am hosting a party. I do not have wireless bluetooth speakers. However,...
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